The father of fugitive accused Facebook scammer Paul Ceglia — who used a hand-made contraption to fool authorities into thinking he was home after he slipped out of a court-ordered ankle bracelet — told a federal judge Tuesday that he wants to travel to Ireland to find his boy and bring him home.

But Carmine Ceglia also told Manhattan federal Judge Vernon Broderick he believes he’ll be arrested if he tries — and he accused Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara of being in cahoots with lawyers for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg when he decided to prosecute his 41-year-old son for trying to scam his way into a 50 percent share of the social-media giant.

“I think he was afraid for his life that he wasn’t going to get a fair shot,” the elder Ceglia said, trying to explain why his son might have skipped bail earlier this month — fleeing his Wellsville, NY home with his wife, two young sons and their Jack Russell terrier.

A Bharara spokesman said the office “won’t dignify” the remarks with a comment.

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Broderick ordered Ceglia’s parents and brother to forfeit $250,000 they put up for his bail, but said the penalty could be reduced if the family helps locate him. The family is in danger of losing six upstate properties used as collateral.

Carmine Ceglia told the judge he doesn’t know where his son is but believes there’s a chance he could be in Ireland staying with friends.

“If my wife and I fly to Ireland and try to find him, would we be followed and be arrested?” asked the elder Ceglia. He claimed US marshals told him that he’d be “accessory” if he spoke to his son.

The judge declined to give his opinion on trekking to Ireland, but Gil Messina, a lawyer for the alleged con man, said afterwards he believes the family should do whatever it takes to get Ceglia to surrender and face trial May 4.

During the hearing, prosecutors revealed Ceglia would soon be hit with new charges of jumping bail and defrauding $650,000 out of investors who bankrolled his failed civil lawsuit seeking to claim a stake in Facebook.

Messina afterwards said he and other defense lawyers were hit with grand jury subpoenas Monday that appeared to be connected to the expected new charges.

The feds pursued criminal charges against Ceglia in 2012 after a federal judge in Buffalo tossed Ceglia’s 2010 multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Zuckerberg and concluded a software-development contract was altered to make it seem as if Ceglia was entitled to half ownership in Facebook.

Ceglia is currently appealing that decision, and Messina claims the government is violating his client’s First Amendment rights by using his own lawsuit as the basis to prosecute.